Ahmad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Wahb (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard my uncle say that he heard Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) being asked about passing the fingers between the toes in ablution, and he said: "That is not (obligatory) upon people." He says: I left him until the crowd had thinned, then I said to him: O Abu Abdullah, I heard you giving a ruling on passing the fingers between the toes, that it is not (required) of people, while we have a Sunnah (hadith) on this. He asked: What is it? I said: It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mustawrid bin Shaddad al-Qurashi (may Allah be pleased with him): I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he "would rub between the toes of his feet with his little finger." He said: "This is indeed a good (hasan) hadith," and I had never heard it before now. Then after that I heard him being asked about passing the fingers between the toes, and he ordered it. My uncle says: Very few people perform ablution without a hair's breadth of the area beneath the big toe remaining dry, because people curl their big toes while performing ablution; so whoever passes his fingers through it is safe from this mistake.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 361
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعيف
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